Re: Combined system status updates

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek gentoo org> wrote:
...
> > > I beg to differ there! On my laptop with its default setup, I would
> > > see 13 items + 5 separators on the menu at all times (increasing to 14
> > > with updates).
> >
> > Can you explain how you came up with those numbers? Do you have
> > multiple VPNs/Mobile Broadband connections? I'm not sure that 5
> > separators will even be possible...
>
> I miscounted the separators, sorry about that! 4 is the correct
> number. My network bits look like this:
>
> * WiFi (displayed if device is capable)
> * Mobile Broadband (USB 3G dongle, connected)
> * VPN1 (Work VPN)
> * Bluetooth (Switched on at boot)
>
> And I have a "Guest" user on my system for people who want to use my
> machine, so that adds the "Switch user" and "Logout" options. That
> makes it 13, by my count—unless I've misunderstood something about the
> menu? This isn't the average case, but it's not an atypical case
> either.

In that case you should end up with 12 menu items and 4 separators.
That's essentially the same as what you should have in your network
menu right now (assuming you're within range of a decent number of
wi-fi networks).

> FWIW, I know it's a bad idea for non-designers to give design
> suggestions, but it seems to me that splitting the network menu might
> be a nice thing to do.

You should really feel free to make suggestions; they're appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback,

Allan